(Chris' POV)

Forbes High School, Sydney, Australia. The last place you'd think of as an origin point of a global revolution, but hey, it's as good a place as any. So we've just finished our daily Mental Abuse To Humans, or MATH for short, where I was mostly just using this new technique called the guess-and-hope method. But hey, at least I have Rugo here to cheer me on. We've actually come up with a system that allows us to talk in public. When he says he wants to talk, I simply discreetly push a button inside my shirt pocket which gets my phone ringing, and when I answer it it'll turn back off in terms of functionality, but the screen will stay lit. That way it looks like I'm talking over the phone instead of to myself. Oh, that reminds me, I should probably change my ringtone from Guren no Yamiya to something Death Note-related.

'Now, another main method the National Socialists used to rise to power in the Weimar Republic was…'

At this point I'm not even really paying attention to Mr Iesnes anymore. I have a whole lot of important things to think about, and very little time to think about them. Right now I have no way of accessing classified police information… well, that isn't entirely true. My acquaintance Tom is the son of the chief of ANPA, so if he could hack into his father's computer like Light did, and then forward everything he finds to me, I'd know exactly everything that was going on. But if I did that, there's a very small but still visible chance that he may suspect me of being Kira, and I have no way of knowing if or why he'd keep his mouth shut.

The police and L aside, it's probably about time I begin to make my first geopolitical moves. After all, I can't truly improve the world just by killing criminals the same way Light did. Luckily the first page of my history textbook's chapter on WWII has a little world map I can use to track my thought processes.

First, I should sort out the biggest ongoing war in the world right now. Syria. I've already gotten rid of the main terrorist factions inside of Syria, so now the war is just between two main factions, one which is heavily supplied and funded by the western nations, and the government that was in place before the war started. Either way, no matter who wins the end result will be yet another brutal dictatorship, the only difference being who that dictatorship will be allied to. At this point I can't afford to truly show the western powers how much of a "threat" I am to them, so to prevent them from taking extreme action against me I'll play into their hands for this one. Assad's government will be gone by tomorrow.

Actually, speaking of Dictatorships, why don't I experiment with wiping out a few more as well later today? Eritrea, the Congo… surely no-one's going to miss them, right? Obviously I'll be careful with exactly how I get rid of them, but at the very least it'll improve my PR if people know I'm toppling totalitarian regimes and freedomizing people around the world.

And then there's the Kurds, the world's largest ethnic group with no nation of their own. Both the United States and Russia have supported the idea of an independent Kurdish state, so I suppose I'll help them along as well. After all, if they want independence there's no reason they shouldn't have it. A few carefully-placed assassinations should do the trick.

Also on the topic of separatism, I should probably get the decolonization movement going again. French Guiana, New Caledonia, the Canary Islands, all these places have strong independence movements that are largely drowned out by all the other shit that's going on in the world. But how do I use my Death Note to help them diplomatically? Right now I have no idea.

Of course, there is one colony I'm worried for more than any other: Greenland. It appears that the US has become extremely insecure following my grand appearance, and is letting that out in a new wave of "Manifest Destiny" or whatever they call it. Puerto Rico and the American Pacific Territories are already about to add two more stars to the flag, and for some reason President Obama wants to purchase Greenland off Denmark, which makes sense since they'll want a base of operations near northern Europe in case everyone turns against them. Still, I'm impressed they've thought that far ahead. Now I just hope Canada stays safe.

But there is another thing I should tackle soon, and something that Rugo has been pushing me to look into for days now. Making allies. As in, get the full political support of entire fucking countries. Luckily I think I know exactly where to begin: the Russian Federation. There are only three nations on Earth that are powerful enough for me to use as my primary puppet state: the Chinese People's Republic, the United States of America and the Russian Federation. Out of those, I certainly can't use China due to both their insanely extreme stance against Kira, and since disbanding their totalitarian dictatorship would take years, years that I don't have. And as for America, well, Titans will fly before they willingly accept me, let alone take orders from me. So by process of elimination, I have to use Russia.

Well, there is another extremely important reason I have to ally Russia. As mentioned two chapters ago, they're by far the most powerful nation on Earth which not only refuses to associate themselves with L, but also refuses to allow their central bank to be controlled by the Rothschilds or similar secret elitist bankers. Personally I found Putin's strategy rather brilliant. He played along until he got supreme power, then suddenly did a 180 and shoved the elitists and their power out of Russia. And now he's nearly paid the debt off and is looking to expand his influence into Eastern Europe. The downside to all this is that, while Russia is the most democratic of the three nations I mentioned previously, he still has had to rig a bunch of elections to stay in power, not to mention kill a few of his opponents. And western propaganda takes this to a whole new level.

But still, let me put it this way: If Putin knew about the mafia's "score" system, I have no doubt his score would be positive, and a very big number at that. In the span of just a few years he liberated the (geographically) largest nation on Earth, reclaimed rightful Russian land and is now doing everything in his power to bring peace to Syria. Still, he ain't getting off the hook completely, and when I do contact him I'll let him know that if he doesn't bring about complete government transparency and confess to and undo all his previous acts of corruption and injustice, his name will be written. And that's just scratching the surface of the list of demands I'll be making.

As fun as this may all sound, a Russo-Kiran alliance probably isn't going to happen for some time, and I imagine it'll just be Rugo and I facing off against the police and L for the foreseeable future. Hey, at least I'm getting lots of supporters from all the media coverage. And if I type in the word "Kira" on google only half the results are porn, much less than any similar search in recent history. Heh, and that's not the best part. People from all over the world including people like Bill Gates and Oprah are sending me names of people they want killed! Of course it's not like I'll ever listen to them, but hey, at least-

'Atarashimono! Are you paying attention?!'

Oh shit, I forgot I was supposed to be taking notes and stuff. But I'm surprised Mr Iesnes noticed my daydreaming, since I sit all the way at the back.

'Yes, Ma'am, I mean, Sir! I… had just read ahead to the end of the chapter and finished writing down my notes already.'

'Then how come your textbook is still open on the first page?'

'I was just… re-reading it, sir.'

'Then you must've done a really impressive job.'

Shit he's coming this way! He may be only twenty-something and lack any deathly glare like the other teachers, but he's the one teacher that should never be pissed off. I just accidentally called him "Ma'am", and if he sees that I haven't written anything down…

'Wow, you've actually done a good job. For a moment there I thought you were bluffing.'

What? But I didn't write anything… wait, my pen has moved, so that could only mean…

'What surprises me is that you even added in some information that wasn't shown in your textbook.'

'…I just remember things.'

'Keep up the good work Atarashimono, but please don't make it look like you're slacking off.'

Rugo, I don't know how you knew this stuff, but when we get home you are getting so much ice-cream.

(Nigel's POV)

I stare down at the three pieces of paper on my desk, then up at the three detectives who presented them.

'The fuck are these?'

'Exactly what they say, chief. Letters of resignation. Either you put us on another case, or if you can't do that, we leave the ANPA.'

'But… but why…'

'Why? Because we value our lives, sir. We feel this case is way beyond what we've been trained for. We are fighting and pursuing someone, or something, that seems to kill people just by knowing their name for Christ's sake! If I were Kira, I'd try to get rid of the people who were trying to catch me. That time he pulled the stunt with the televised broadcast, L dared Kira to kill him. But L never announced his name, or even showed his face, in that broadcast. And then, the other day, he told us to check how the victims had been reported in the Australian media. He wanted to know if photographs or footage showing their faces were included in the reports. Well, they were! Every single victim so far has had their face shown in at least one media report! In other words… unlike L, we all do our work carrying police IDs with our names and photographs right there on them! We don't hide our faces. We're right out there in the open! And if this is not enough to convince you, boss, we are prepared to hand over our badges-'

'Okay, hand'em over.'

'The- come again, sir?'

'Since you guys don't want to work this case, gimme your badges and get the fuck out.'

'We don't wanna quit! But at the same time, we don't wanna be a part of this case-'

'WILL YOU ALL PLEASE SHUT UP? I'M TRYING TO ORDER LUNCH FOR L!'

We all turn around to see L's right-hand-man, Q. His entire body is covered by his black suit, so we don't know anything about what he actually looks like. But based on the sound of his voice, I'd say he's at least sixty years old.

'Now, L, are you sure you want a happy meal and medium fries?'

'Yes Q, I want a happy meal.'

'Don't you know how bad that is for your health? People have had heart attacks just from eating their food!'

'I WANT A HAPPY MEAL!'

'Why don't you want KFC? You love KFC!'

'I don't want KFC, I want McDonald's.'

Suddenly the investigation room's doors burst open, and agents Moorga and Okada come bursting through with what appears to be a newspaper of some kind.

'Chief! You need to see this!'

'What is it?'

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…

'What the hell?! Impossible! All four of the… ALL FOUR WIGGLES?! Who could possibly do something like this?!'

Okada answers, 'Well we caught the shooter. It was… Steve Irwin's ghost.'

'You people have to be the most retarded cops on the planet. Now can we please focus on Kira? Someone gimme some good news.'

'We still have no leads in the case and we've found nothing in Kira's killing patterns that can narrow down the search.'

'No, that's bad news. Good news makes people happy. Better luck next time! Well unlike all of you I actually did my job and found something we can use.'

'Huh? You have a lead?'

'In Death Note, the first major clue L had was that Kira's actions suggested that he had access to task force information. Specifically, when Kira found out the task force was suspecting a student due to Kira's killing schedule, he deliberately changed the times of death in criminals for the next few days. Unfortunately, it's been days since we determined that our Kira is likely a student, and nothing has changed. This either means that Kira has no access to our classified information, or he's hiding the fact he does. Fortunately, we have something else to work with. In addition to the death of Justin Bieber there was one other isolated case of what could have been Kira's doing. As briefly mentioned in my broadcast, at 1:48PM on October 25, a serial killer named Deustcher Nyan died of a heart attack just outside of Forbes High School. Combine this with the fact Kira is likely a student, and I think it is very probable that he was present at the scene, and I am certain he was present in at least one of these isolated cases. So we will begin our search by investigating the people present at the Justin Bieber concert on the 24th, and at Forbes High School on the 25th. We should start by looking at the overlap, to see who was present at both events.'

'So should we begin shadowing these people?'

'Well, yes, but due to the delicacy of such an operation ANPA won't be the ones doing the stalking. Instead I'll call up some professional agencies, like the FBI, CIA, MI6 and Mossad.'

'Are you saying we're not professional enough?'

'Yes. Remember, this'll be the first time any government official observes Kira in person. And while the list of people present at either of the two isolated incidents, as well as those closest to them, will probably turn out to be well over a dozen pages long, one of them is Kira. I'm sure of it. Now that that's out of the way, we need to start looking at the bigger issues here. First, glazed or sprinkles?'

(Chris' POV)

I'd say today's been an okay day. Rugo saved my ass in history, Kallet tried and failed to get a date with me again, Alex is being less of a dick for some reason, and Viper's continuing to panic about the continuing losses in the mafia. And on top of all that, L and the police have no possible leads on me.

'Chris, you got a moment?'

As planned I push a small button tucked into my pocket, and…

'SIE SIND DAS ESSEN UND WIR SIND DIE-' *Beep*

'Hello?'

'Say, you got any fangirls?'

'Fuckin' millions, why?'

'Millions?'

'Well I know I had like half a dozen at the start of the year, but no doubt that number has expanded exponentially since I became-'

'SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!'

'What? Why?'

'What I was going to say was that there's a big ugly guy following you.'

'Rugo, I know you're there.'

'NOT ME YOU DUMB SHIT! He looks to be about 20 to 25 years old, American, and an actual investigator.'

'What?! Why the hell did you not tell me this sooner?! More importantly, how could L already be spying on suspects? I mean, all he knows is that I live in Sydney! But I'm sure I won't be caught. After all, the police have no reason to believe that I'M KIRA!'

'I think you should be quiet!'

'WHY?! IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THEY'LL NEVER FIND OUT I'M KIRA! ME!'

'God you're an idiot.'

…

…

In the quietest voice I can make clearly enough for Rugo to hear, I continue. 'Don't worry, I'll do something about him really soon. Now at this point the only way L could narrow down his list of suspects to the point where he starts sending agents is by looking not only at who was present in the Justin Bieber incident, but also when I killed that other guy. The overlap between those two events can be the only way he's gotten this far. Well, technically I wasn't at the JB incident, but my sister was, and if they're looking into family members and close friends as well, then I'm still in the overlap.'

As I arrive home I immediately turn on my phone and start up a homemade app (originally based off a mafia-made one) that shows how many times today my bedroom door has been opened. Each time it does so, a tiny camera directly facing the door activates, and looking at the three bits of footage recorded I can see that the only person entering my room today was my mum, while vacuuming or putting away laundry. Yesterday and the day before all show similar results.

After unpacking my bag I take out my Death Note and turn on my computer.

'So what are you planning to do about your stalker?'

'Well, I know he wouldn't use Australian police for a job like this. So first I better find out who L is using. And it's only been a handful of days since our first confrontation, yet I'm already being followed. So whoever's doing it must have quite a few people on the job. Let's say they have a hundred people probing FHS and the concert attendees… the likelihood that I'm suspected of being Kira is almost zero. There're too many other suspects. But if the operation goes on for months, there is a slight chance that I'll come under suspicion… I need to find out what my shadow's name is. If I can do that, it's all under control. So what's the best way of getting his name without raising his suspicions…?'

'Well, you already know about the Shinigami eye deal, so...'

'It's a good idea. Just look at someone's face, and see their name… to say that that would be great would be a severe understatement. Rugo, this deal of yours… is completely out of the question. For now at least. But if I'm ever stuck in a sudden life-or-death situation like when Light had to find Naomi Misora's name, I may consider it. Speaking of the Death Note, I found four new names, Rugo, which I do not recognize who had very elaborate deaths.'

'Yeah, about that, umm, let me do a little explaining first. Chris did you know there's a thing called Donut-Ice cream combination cake?'

'I know I'm going to regret asking you this, but do you care to elaborate exactly what you've done?'

'Well I was getting bored and I figured, why can't I write a few names too every now and then? So I made this first guy escape from prison, run three miles to the nearest gas station, take a shit bigger than his head and die of exhaustion on the floor. The second guy, I made him summon Satan using his own blood. The third guy ran into McDonalds and then had a Heart Attack, and the last guy, I had him write a letter to Santa Clause. He wanted a unicorn.'

'Rugo, I'm at that point now where I'm not even surprised when this kind of stuff happens. I'm just gonna be expecting it every single day. In any case, I have another problem I need to fix right away. Before I became Kira and you showed up, I was a very strong supporter of Death Note's Light Yagami and built up a strong internet presence around him and his Kiran ideology. But if I ever home to stay out of L's crosshairs in the long run, I need to do a complete 180. I need to change my public opinion of Kira into one of hatred and endorsement of L, and the transition needs to look natural. Kira alone isn't enough of a motivation, I need something more strong-handed, something more direct.'

'Well, you could always kill someone you know.'

'But who?! It can't be someone I actually care about, or else I'll regret it forever. But it would have to be someone people know I like. Any ideas?'

'Well… what about your friends at school?'

'No. It has to be someone who lots of people admire, so that way L won't be able to immediately pin it on me. And none of my close friends are popular.'

'So… what about one of your favorite youtubers or internet bloggers?'

'I could try that, but it probably wouldn't provide a big enough push for my transition to look natural. It has to be someone I know in person. Plus it needs to a criminal, someone who's death via Kira wouldn't be unexpected.'

'Perhaps we should try a completely different idea.'

'No, this… this is the only way. If I do this, and someone I know is killed, then I'll have the motivation, as far as everyone else can see, to join the fight against Kira and pursue the investigation team. Then my presence in the team will keep me constantly one step ahead, almost ensuring my success.'

'But who? What criminal do you know in real life who everyone thinks you have feelings for, along with many other people, even though you don't actually care about them?'

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'I got it! I just figured it out!'

'Hmm?'

'How to get the name of the agent that's stalking me AND convince everyone that I'm against Kira in the same move!'

'What're you going to do?'

'"After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds", right? Now from what you've said, what I've seen and what the Death Note says the amount of control I have over a person before they die is more or less the same as Light had, so I won't need to test it. Well, I'll still write a few little messages for L to glare over, just for fun. This should be interesting…'